Seeking catalysts with high electrocatalytic activity for ambient-condition N2 reduction reaction (NRR) remains an ongoing challenge due to the chemical inertness of N2.Herein,defect-rich WS2 nanosheets (WS2-x) were d...Seeking catalysts with high electrocatalytic activity for ambient-condition N2 reduction reaction (NRR) remains an ongoing challenge due to the chemical inertness of N2.Herein,defect-rich WS2 nanosheets (WS2-x) were designed as an efficient electrocatalyst for NRR,which were prepared via vulcanizing the oxygen-vacancy-rich tungsten oxide in a vacuum tube.The sulfur defects were conducive to the adsorption and activation of N2.In neutral electrolyte of 0.1 mol L^(-1)Na2SO_(4) at-0.60 V vs.reversible hydrogen electrode,such WS2-xoffered a high Faradaic efficiency of 12.1%with a NH3generation rate of 16.38μg h-1mg-1cat..展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21874079)the Natural Science Foundation for Outstanding Young Scientists of Shandong Province (ZR2018JL011)+3 种基金the Key R&D Project of Shandong Province (GG201809230180)Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province (tsqn201909088)the Outstanding Youth Innovation Team of Universities in Shandong Province (2019KJA027)the Science & Technology Fund Planning Project of Shandong Colleges and Universities (J16LA13 and J18KA112)。
文摘Seeking catalysts with high electrocatalytic activity for ambient-condition N2 reduction reaction (NRR) remains an ongoing challenge due to the chemical inertness of N2.Herein,defect-rich WS2 nanosheets (WS2-x) were designed as an efficient electrocatalyst for NRR,which were prepared via vulcanizing the oxygen-vacancy-rich tungsten oxide in a vacuum tube.The sulfur defects were conducive to the adsorption and activation of N2.In neutral electrolyte of 0.1 mol L^(-1)Na2SO_(4) at-0.60 V vs.reversible hydrogen electrode,such WS2-xoffered a high Faradaic efficiency of 12.1%with a NH3generation rate of 16.38μg h-1mg-1cat..